(Photo courtesy of Jimmy Carter)

Just 5 miles from the finish line of his Meet Me Halfway campaign to raise awareness for homeless teens, Jimmy Wayne has broken his foot.  From the looks of his Twitter, Jimmy is pushing through the last 5 miles regardless of the injury.  He tweeted the following…

Resting on a city bus bench in Scottsdale AZ! The pain is unbearable! The fever is back as well! Is this an omen from the devil? Geez

WalkD as far as I could walk 2day. LayD on the concrete;N so pain; they picked me up; I’ll walk the last 5miles N2 Phoenix in the am. Thx

Going to a (doctor) podiatrists. I can’t believe this! 5 miles from the finish line & I can’t hardly walk! This is unreal!

Dr. Allan is opening his office on his day off. Arizona State Trooper Officer Lam helped facilitate this special appointment

Dr. Brian Allen, DPM 2919 S.Ellsworth RD Suite 117 Mesa, AZ 85212 determined I broke my right foot from walking down hill

DR. Brian Allen donated his services in support of project #MMH. Please send him a thank you note/email. (No phone calls please)

Dr. Allan gave me a big boot & powerful meds! Should be a fun show tonite for real lol! Heading to finish the 5 miles

I’m literally on my last leg! Lol GIVE ME THEM MEDS!!!!!!!

I’m asking every1 to log ontowww.projectmmh.org & become a MMH Street Team member. Please Meet Me Halfway! Thanks for all your support

This is absolutely incredible… we’re sorry for Jimmy’s injury, but completely admired by his strength and dedication!

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Here’s your chance to win a pair of tickets to one of this year’s hottest tours…

Sugarland is currently touring the country on “The Incredible Machine Tour.” Thanks to our friends at AEG, we have a pair of tickets to the following Sugarland concerts to giveaway!

Date – Venue – City

August 7 – Baton Rouge River Center Arena – Baton Rouge, LA Winner: Phil

August 13 – Snowden Grove Amphitheater – Southaven, MS Winner: Amanda

September 16 – Superstore Arena – Huntington, WV Winner: Michelle

September 17 – John Paul Jones Arena – Charlottesville, VA Winner: Mallory

September 23 – Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH Winner: Christine

To enter for a chance to win, send an e-mail to contactus@countrymusicislove.com with the subject line: “Sugarland- INSERT CITY of your choice.” Be sure to include your full legal name in the body of the e-mail. We’ll randomly select a winner for each of the five shows on July 31st.

Click HERE for a full list of Sugarland tour dates.

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Jaron And The Long Road To Love recently spent some time with Entertainment Weekly to discuss his music and his move from pop to country.

Jaron, who was once half of the pop duo Evan and Jaron, tells EW that he thinks many crossover artists have just sort of fallen into the country music genre…

“Bon Jovi and Kid Rock have done really well too, and even Uncle Kracker’s got a top ten country song, he says. “It’s not what you think. I think people are still confused by what’s happening, but the reality is that if you ask Kid Rock or Darius Rucker, you ask any of these guys, they’ll tell you the same thing: country went pop, we didn’t go country. I don’t think Jewel wakes up in the morning and just goes “I want to make a country record.” We set out to make music and find an audience, we just need an audience that appreciates us and connects with us. All those Vertical Horizons, Lisa Loebs and Semisonics, when pop radio became rhythmic and hip-hop they had nowhere to go, and country was the closest thing. If you listen to a Keith Urban or Lady Antebellum song, those are straight-up pop songs. There’s that whole wink-wink “I’ll throw a banjo or a mandolin in” thing, but it’s pop.”

Do you agree with Jaron? Do you think that “country went pop?” Or did pop go country?

Read the rest of the EW article HERE.

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Lady Antebellum‘s smash hit “Need You Now” spent more than 10 weeks atop the adult pop charts earlier this year, proving that the trio has the ability to crossover into pop radio. Lady A is continuing its run at pop radio by re-releasing the #1 hit (And CMA Single of the Year) “I Run To You” to pop stations.

With the re-release of the song, the trio has also remade the video.

Check out the new version of “I Run To You” below.

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It’s been a few months since our last chat with Josh Thompson, so we’re going to catch up with him on Monday. If you have a question for Thompson, send it our way- contactus@countrymusicislove.com. We’ll select a few fan questions to ask him during our interview.

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Trailer Choir released Tailgate, the trio’s first full-length album, earlier this month. Tailgate features 10 tracks including fan favorites such as “Rockin’ The Beer Gut” and “Rollin’ Through The Sunshine.”

To celebrate the release of the album, we have THREE Trailer Choir prize packs to giveaway! Each prize pack includes an autographed copy of Tailgate and an autographed poster.

To enter, simply leave a comment on this post with your name and email address. We’ll randomly select three winners on Saturday….Good luck!

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Carrie Underwood is the cover girl for the new issue of WebMD.  Inside the issue, the country beauty talks about eating healthy, especially while she’s out on the road.  “It would be very easy to just go eat that [fast food] all the time. But if I don’t know what’s in it, I don’t eat it. That’s my rule,” Carrie told the magazine.

When it comes to her food, Carrie still likes to do all of her own grocery shopping.  “It’s a very human thing to do, and that’s why I love it so much. When you’re out on the road, people see you as a performer — not necessarily as a human being, first and foremost. So it’s really nice to go and do things that … people do! I always hear, ‘You shop yourself?’ I would hate to see the day when someone else had to buy my groceries for me,” she said.

To help stay in shape, Carrie said that a good cardio session is a must.  “If I can wake up and I go get a good cardio session in,” she revealed, “a class at a gym nearby, or me on the treadmill, I’m happier throughout the day.”

You can catch Carrie back out on the road – and maybe at your local grocery store – as her “Play On” tour continues through the fall.

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Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert were both at Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming last night.  Dierks tweeted these pictures of himself and Miranda hanging out backstage and performing together for the crowd.

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